We’re not ones to get involved in the internal political battles of the other states, but when it comes to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.), we’ve got her back.

Word is out that Hutchison is looking to challenge incumbent Gov. Rick Perry for Texas’ top job, a move that if successful would see her decamp for Austin in 2010. We’ve got nothing against Perry, but given the chance to send Hutchison back down south, consider us her biggest supporters.

Hutchison hasn’t been much of a friend to the District. Beyond her repeated attempts to dump the District’s gun laws by legislative fiat, the Texas senator also voted against the D.C. Voting Rights Act. She even ditched her spacious and well-located Capitol Hill rowhouse for a home across the Potomac. The nerve!

It’s not just her, though — it’s most of Texas. Whether Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) trying to claim that he represents our best interests or Rep. Henry Bonilla’s (R-Tex.) ill-fated attempt to rename 16th Street “Ronald Reagan Boulevard,” members of the Texas delegation seem to have it out for us. Heck, President George W. Bush, one of the state’s most famous political exports, hasn’t been much of an amigo to the city in his eight years here, either.

Of course, the risk of Hutchison leaving is that we’d get someone even more hostile to the District to take her place. But we can hope not. Hutchison for governor!